Elko himself stated it was against the edge after the first two games.

LarryLayman said:

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greg.w.h said:

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The biggest issue for our fans is winning literally every game. Hope that helps…

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No, the issue is we fans want to win a particular last game.

Or if that's not possible, at least not lose any games in embarrassing fashion.

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No…it's always something. It isn't just this or just that. Which reduces to must win every game.

That is fair, and to some other's points in here, talent will help too.

My point is, this is beyond just an upping the talent issue. What makes the "elite" teams year in and out is their ability to progressively improve throughout a season so they are peaking in November and not October. tu and Georgia (and Bama with Saban for that matter) looked incredibly vulnerable throughout September and October, but their coaches used those losses/struggles to find ways to mitigate/minimize those weaknesses going forward. I think Elko has the intelligence to do so, but we just need to see it and haven't for 2 years. This goes beyond any individual scheme or talent issue, but it is rather management/process shift that has to be decided on how to handle ahead of time to adapt to once the bullets are flying, which is why I'm saying it is THE issue.

So for example, if you know you have weak dline depth, adjust personnel and schemes that mitigate that lack of depth. Maybe it means you have to sub more freshman/sophomores than you'd like, but the benefit is that by season's end, you've got more seasoned players running the scheme.

Elite teams never have weak lines. They are elite because they own the trenches on both sides of the ball. If we don't bring in 4-6 seasoned OL and DL, we'll struggle to win 8.

QB coach and play caller

Twelfthman99 said:

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Elite teams never have weak lines. They are elite because they own the trenches on both sides of the ball. If we don't bring in 4-6 seasoned OL and DL, we'll struggle to win 8.

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If Bosontis & Nabou come back, I think we only need 1 OL; someone who can play reliable OT, in case R.Bourdon OR L. Rogers aren't up for the assignment (if BOTH aren't, we're in trouble).

A lot of so-so OTs in the portal that would make plus OGs and could slide over and play adequate OT in a pinch.

I expect A. Funk & B. Ivy to be rotational guys, too.

Lots of things play out different this year if Reed plays 'sip and Miami with a shred of accuracy and with sound decision making.

It's not that complicated and I would think we were good enough to win the tu and miami games, if Reed was a half decent. The entire narrative would change - we were good enough to get to the qtr finals

The mojo of the team was somehow just lost after the Missouri game


Find a decent qb and we are good and very good

We lose almost all our production on OL and DL. We lose our best RB, WR, TE's and CB. We replace our OC and DC. This should be rebuilding year for us. It will be a big test for Elko and a measuring stick for what we are building.

Priority #1 has to be to find an SEC quality QB !
We will go nowhere with a QB who would struggle to start for Blinn J.C.

Next year starts the fire Elko movement on TA. Losing a lot of players and replacing a lot of coaches.

The following year makes or breaks Elko with these first time coordinator prmotions

The team was outstanding on 3 rd down defense Most people predicted that the LBs and DBs were the weakest position group so not surprising they are being criticized

Both Groups were better than last year both were good enough to win the Miami giving up 10 points total
I expect both to be better next year

Team got better from year 0 to year 1 and better from year 1 to year 2

Obviously we have to find players like Howell and Concepcion in the portal but I think he will find 3-4 contributors and everybody coming back will be better

Happy New Year and
Gig'Em

Send Reed to a quarterback guru camp this spring/summer.

Get rid of the smoked visor. He can't seem to find a receiver much less hit him in stride. Tries to fastball it in and the receiver has to catch a hard thrown pass behind him.

Too bad he couldn't lead Thor in the end zone on that last play interception. Maybe even get it up a foot or two to give him a better chance to catch it.

Ya'll are insane. You don't win 11 games without being a good team. It's not like they were lining up against teams that didn't want to win either. The defense gambled a lot to mask deficiencies. Those gambles didn't pay off in the last couple of games. Problem is the offense went stale without Moss at RB. The offense quit attacking whenever defenses figured out Reed wasn't very good against zone defense. Very few deep throws even attempted in the last two games.

QB decisions more importantly than accuracy.

Improve run defense while maintaining pass D.

Special teams, fg kicking and punt protection.

Power running.